Suitcase.



` M. W. ROSENFELD.

SUITCASE.

I APPLICATION rlLED MA |1.20. 1914.

PatentedSept. '7, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

M. W. ROSENFELD.

SUITCASE.

APPucAUoN Flu-:D MAR. 20. 1914.

1,153,136. Y Patentedsept. 7,1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Matto/:Mug S MORRIS W. ROSEITFELD, F ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

Application led March 20, 1914. Serial No. 826,132.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MORRIS W. ROSEN- rnLD, ofRochester, in the county of Monroe and State of vN ew York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Suitcases; and I dohereby declare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had tothe accom; pany drawings, forming apart of this speciiication, and to the reference-numerals markedthereon..

My present invention relates to receptacles, and more particularly tocases or boxes of thekind employed for packing or transporting mens and,womens suits and like articles of clothing, and it has for its object-to provide a cheap, strong and serviceable box of this character in thenature of an ordinary suit case, provisionJ being made for securing thecover1 in place and a handle being provided, by means of which it can becarried about.

A further object of the invention is to provide a structure of theforegoing character suitable for formation from heavy paper or cardboard-and in collapsible form so that it may assume a flat, knock-downcondition, the said cover securing means and handle being designed toaccord with the fulfilment of this purpose.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel' features being pointed out in the claims at theend of the specification. n

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a paper suit caseconstructed in accordance With and illustrating one embodiment of myinvention, the same being shown in folded orclosed position; Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the cover partly raised; Fig. 3 is a detailenlarged section taken sub- Astantiallyon the line 3 3 of F ig.1 andillustrative of the manner in Which thelocking means is engaged; Fig. 4is a view similar to Fig. 3 also taken on the line 3--`3 of Fig. 1,showing the locking means completely engaged and the handle in operativeposition; Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken substantially on the line5 5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the case in open positionand illustrating a somewhat diHerent form of handle from that shown inthe preceding figures, and Fig. 7 is a detail enlarged plan view of thefront wall of the l Specification of Letters Patent.

portion, 2 the end walls, lformed contmuous with the rear wall 4 butPatented Sept. 7, 1915.

body of the case illustrative of the manner 1n. which the handle isattached or removed. Similar reference numerals in the several figuresindicate the same parts.

s to its general structure, its shape, pro- Iportion and the materialused, my improved box may be similar to those in common use for theabove mentioned purposes, except that'I prefer to make the cover in onepiece with or otherwise hinged to the body portion, instead of beingcompletely separable and referring more particularly to the drawings, lindicates the front wall of the body and 3 the cover hinged theretoalong the scored line 5. The front wall or fiange 6 ofthe cover overlapsthe corresponding wall of the body when closed down, as shown in Fig. 1,while the end walls 7 of the cover similarly overlap the end walls 2 ofthe body and their rearward Corners engage beneath flaps 8 provided incorresponding positions at the rearward corners of the body. The wholestructure may be blanked out of a single sheet of material and thevarious walls of both sections fold inwardly or outwardly upon oneanother to a fiat condition in the manner of an ordinary folding paperbox, such features being independent of the particular invention to beclaimed herein.

The front wall 1 ofvv the body portion which lies' beneath when it andVthe front wall 6 of the top are overlapped, is provided with twoparallel slots 9 and 1.0 that form between them a securing strap l1 andleave slightly flexible portions at either side. Extending substantiallycoincident with this securing strap 11 is a handle strap 12 that mayrest flat against the b'oX above the member 11 and the ends of which arepassed through relatively transverse slots 13 in the wall 1, by means ofwhich slots, the handle strap is attached to the body of the case.

The front wall 6 of the cover is provided with two locking tongues 14and 15 removed from the edges of the wall but extending toward eachother and preferably the last mentioned tongue may be vformed by cuttingaway a portion of the other. These tongues are so positioned that whenthe case is closed

